Rufous-tailed babbler

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| image =Moupinia poecilotis.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Moupinia poecilotis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22716332A94491213 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716332A94491213.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Moupinia poecilotis

| parent_authority = David & Oustalet, 1877

| authority = (Verreaux, 1871)

| synonyms = Chrysomma poecilotis

}}

The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. As with many other species known as "babblers", it was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to central China.

The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877.{{cite book | last1=David | first1=Armand | author1-link=Armand David | last2=Oustalet | first2=Émile | author2-link=Émile Oustalet | year=1877 | title=Les Oiseaux de la Chine | language=French | publisher=Masson | place=Paris | page=219 | url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5408866z/f236.item }}

References

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  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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rufous-tailed babbler

Category:Birds of Central China

Category:Endemic birds of China

rufous-tailed babbler

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